Stifel Financial Corporation drawdown: 20.9% below the all-time high
Stifel Financial Corporation is 20.9% below its all-time high, set Jan 6, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 2, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −20.9%
- 79.1% of ATH
- All-time high
- $88.81
- Jan 6, 2026
- Time below the high
- 9 mo
- since Jan 6, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −78.4%
- Dec 28, 1990
- Longest underwater
- 10.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Nov 6, 2024
- 1.9 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 2, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1983#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1987 | Dec 28, 1990 | −78.4% | 3.2 yrs | Sep 29, 1997 | 10.0 yrs |
| Jul 25, 1983 | Jul 25, 1984 | −63.9% | 12 mo | Jun 12, 1987 | 3.9 yrs |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Feb 24, 2016 | −55.2% | 8 mo | Dec 4, 2017 | 2.5 yrs |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −52.0% | 27 days | Nov 10, 2020 | 9 mo |
| Mar 8, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | −50.8% | 7 mo | Jan 16, 2014 | 2.9 yrs |
| Apr 14, 1998 | Oct 19, 1998 | −50.3% | 6 mo | Dec 2, 2003 | 5.6 yrs |
| Feb 1, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | −42.6% | 11 mo | Feb 6, 2020 | 2.0 yrs |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −41.4% | 6 mo | May 4, 2009 | 7 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 1983: how far Stifel Financial Corporation stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Stifel Financial Corporation from its all-time high?
- Stifel Financial Corporation is currently 20.9% below its all-time high, set Jan 6, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 2, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Stifel Financial Corporation drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1983) took Stifel Financial Corporation 78.4% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 28, 1990. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SF; no free deep history exists for Stifel Financial Corporation — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.